Weekend Box Office Report: June 10-12, 2016

Demonic possession was the biggest draw at theaters this weekend, putting THE CONJURING 2 on top at the box office with an estimated $40.3 million!

Director James Wan brought back paranormal investigators Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga for the spooky sequel, which opened just shy of the original THE CONJURING's $41.8 million start in July 2013. The first movie went on to $137 million domestic and a worldwide total of $318 million (on a reported $20 million cost).

THE CONJURING 2 has already grossed its reported production budget of $40 million just on its opening weekend, plus an additional $50 million from international audiences. The R-rated follow-up gave critics a satisfying fright with 74% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Opening in second place was the new videogame adaptation WARCRAFT with $24.3 million. The $160 million action-fantasy from filmmaker Duncan Jones (MOON, SOURCE CODE) was savaged by critics with 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, but overseas crowds didn't care about reviews -- the movie broke records in China and is already at a $286 million worldwide total.

The new illusionist thriller NOW YOU SEE ME 2 opened in third place with $23 million. That's a few cards short of the $29.3 million opening of the first NOW YOU SEE ME, which ended up with $117 million domestic and $351 million worldwide back in 2013. The sequel has also made an additional $22.8 million in release overseas.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS was knocked down to fourth with $14.8 million, a 58% fall from the sequel's first-place debut last week. The heroic reptilian bipeds have a 10-day domestic total of $61 million, and have gathered $116 million worldwide.

In fifth place was X-MEN: APOCALYPSE with $10 million on its third weekend in theaters. Aside from THE WOLVERINE, the latest mutant altercation currently has the lowest domestic total in the X-franchise, although its $478 million worldwide total is only behind DAYS OF FUTURE PAST ($747 million) and DEADPOOL ($777 million).

The drama ME BEFORE YOU placed in sixth with $9.2 million, tumbling 50% from its opening last weekend. The Emilia Clarke/Sam Claflin romance has a 10-day domestic total of $36.8 million on a reported cost of $20 million.

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE was in seventh with $6.7 million. Although the animated feature is still flapping toward $100 million domestic, it's the second highest-grossing videogame adaptation behind TOMB RAIDER (a feat that WARCRAFT seems unlikely to challenge). The feathered fighters have flown to a worldwide total of $312 million.